Word: surpasses
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...them far aloft by kites, finally lowering them to a considerable depth in the pure waters of a high-altitude lake.* And their conclusions, announced last week, paralleled Dr. Millikan's: bombarding the earth from the surrounding universe are some hitherto unknown rays, of submicroscopic wavelength, which far surpass even the gamma rays of radium in their power to penetrate matter. They will pass through a block of steel three feet thick, through six feet of lead...
...sharpened caution into vehemence: every bravery of his stride is his, every fine conceit of skill and insolence. For a while his thundering ways prevailed, and the crowd cheered; then the soft-spoken stranger won back his lost advantage and more too, so that he seemed to surpass the champion, and the crowd trembled. But the champion had been before in evil straits; he had hammerblows waiting; now, triumphantly, he began to use them. Slowly, remorselessly, he advanced until he was on even terms with his adversary, until he was ahead of him. With one more effort he would conquer...
...argued that intellection is not the highest form of consciousness, since it is but a nebula surrounded by dim intuitions, awareness. He predicted rare discoveries in the subconscious. He has substituted for Darwin's "natural" selection a "creative" selection by which, he thinks, man will ultimately surpass his own nature. The stream of life (elan vital), having entered blind alleys in the vegetable kingdom and insect world, has achieved man in the vertebrate phylum, and will not be stopped there. Benedetto Croce (1866-), idol of Italy-although, lately, victim...
...people realize the long tedious job required to make the shot putter who can surpass 45 feet. The improvement beyond that stage is even more difficult, and yet the increased interest in shot putting has made it virtually an impossibility to figure in the points in the Intercollegiate championship with a drive of less than 46 feet...
...athletes who will round out half a century of competition this year will be struggling to surpass records which in many instances are world marks. Yet a glance through the early summaries reveals that the improvement has been slow and sure and the gradual increase in speed and distance makes one wonder just what marks can be reached by competitors...